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How does the brain work? What’s the latest in brain research? And what’s the relationship between the thoughts in our minds and the brains in our heads? Is gray matter all that matters? It’s called, "The Mind-Body Problem" and it has enticed philosophers for centuries: Is there something more to the human mind than what resides in the human brain? Is Mind Stuff different from Brain Stuff? Modern brain research — called "neuroscience" -- gives deep understanding of how we sense, think, feel. But can neuroscience solve the Mind-Body Problem?

Participants: Beyerstein, Chalmers, Schlitz, Searle, Wolf

 

	Barry Beyerstein is professor of neuropsychology at Simon Fraser University in Canada. He is a leading skeptic, on the Executive Council of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP), and a frequent contributor to The Skeptical Inquirer.
	David Chalmers is considered one of the leaders in the emerging field of consciousness studies. He is professor of philosophy at the University of Arizona, where he co-heads the Center for Consciousness. His book, The Conscious Mind, takes a new position on the fundamental nature of consciousness.
	John Searle, professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, is considered to be the leading living philosopher of mind. He is the author of numerous works, including The Mystery of Consciousness, The Rediscovery of the Mind, The Construction of Social Reality, and Minds, Brains and Science.
	Marilyn Schlitz is Director of Research at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, a leading research and membership organization devoted to interdisciplinary and diverse studies of the mind. Trained as an anthropologist, she has conducted some of the most important research in parapsychology.
	Fred Alan Wolf is a theoretical physicist and international lecturer on consciousness and the new physics. He is an award-winning author of eight books, including The Spiritual Universe, The Dreaming Universe, Parallel Universes, and Taking the Quantum Leap.
	Robert Lawrence Kuhn is the creator and host of the Closer To Truth television series and author of the Closer To Truth book. Trained in brain research (Ph.D. UCLA), he has published more than twenty books, including the Handbook for Creative and Innovative Managers and the seven-volume Library of Investment Banking. He is the president of The Geneva Companies, a leading merger and acquisition firm for private, middle market businesses.
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